Table 13.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1995 to 2004

Heart-Lung Waiting List

Gender		Year
Gender		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Total	Patients	336	348	372	355	349	329	300	293	262	262
	Deaths	32	53	63	43	54	46	42	42	20	29
	Rate	158.4	249.9	281.2	185.0	233.5	220.0	200.6	205.8	106.7	158.7
Female	Patients	205	211	219	205	206	191	170	168	146	151
	Deaths	12	27	39	19	26	23	22	24	12	18
	Rate	92.2	200.7	288.1	140.0	185.4	185.9	184.4	211.1	111.1	171.7
Male	Patients	131	137	153	150	143	138	130	125	116	111
	Deaths	20	26	24	24	28	23	20	18	8	11
	Rate	278.3	335.3	270.7	247.9	307.8	269.4	222.2	199.2	100.8	141.1

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 2, 2005.

Patients alive on the waiting list at any time during the year are counted. Period at risk begins

the later of January 1 or waiting list registration and ends on the earlier of December 31,date of death, or date of removal for other reasons. Please see Technical Notes for further details about death rate computation.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.